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Back to SearchThe Engines of Our Ingenuity 2493: Child’s Play
Episode 2493
Episode: 2493 Child's Play: the role of play in education. Today, child's play.
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2801: The MTT
Episode 2801
Episode: 2801 The Maria Theresa Thaler. Today, the almighty Thaler.
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3321: Scott Joplin and Ragtime
Episode 3321
Episode: 3321 Scott Joplin persevered in creating Ragtime music as a black musician in post-Civil War America. . Today, Joplin and Ragtime.
Published on 3 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1410: Homo Technologicus
Episode 1410
Episode: 1410 Homo Technologicus. Today, a chicken-and-egg question.
Published on 3 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1409: The Redoubtable DC-3
Episode 1409
Episode: 1409 The Douglas DC-3: an airplane for all seasons. Today, we ride the first modern passenger airplane.
Published on 3 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1408: The Tortoise and the Hare
Episode 1408
Episode: 1408 Fast game, slow game, and Stone Age population dynamics. Today, a Paleolithic story of the tortoise and the hare.
Published on 3 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1407: A Matter of Size
Episode 1407
Episode: 1407 A matter of size: scaling laws among living species. Today, a matter of size.
Published on 3 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2491: Mitch Miller and the Gang
Episode 2491
Episode: 2491 Mitch Miller and the Gang: A Look at American Pop Culture in the Late 1950s. Today, we follow the bouncing ball.
Published on 3 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2809: A Goblin Book
Episode 2809
Episode: 2809 Laurence Housman designs an edition of Christina Rossetti's poem Goblin Market. Today, Goblins, sisterly love, and a masterpiece of book design.
Published on 3 months ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2613: Can We Hear Shapes?
Episode 2613
Episode: 2613 Can we hear shapes? Today let's ask: Can we hear shapes?
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago